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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
THISTLY
a.
this'ly.
Overgrown
with
thistles;
as
thistly
ground.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
THISTLY
THISTLY
This
"tly, a.
1.
Overgrown
with
thistles;
as,
thistly
ground.
2.
Fig.
:
Resembling
a
thistle
or
thistles;
sharp;
pricking.
In
such
a
world,
so
thorny,
and
where
none
Finds
happiness
unblighted,
or,
if
found,
Without
some
thistly
sorrow
at
its
side.
Cowper.
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